A fascinating map of the world’s most and least racially tolerant countries. Click to enlarge. Data source: World Values Survey Update: A professor who studies race and ethnic conflict responds to this map. When two Swedish economists set out to examine whether economic freedom made people any more or less racist, they knew how they would gauge economic freedom, but they needed to find a way to measure a country's level of racial tolerance.
So they turned to something called the World Values Survey, which has been measuring global attitudes and opinions for decades. Among the dozens of questions that World Values asks, the Swedish economists found one that, they believe, could be a pretty good indicator of tolerance for other races. Unfortunately, the Swedish economists did not include all of the World Values Survey data in their final research paper. Compare the results to this map of the world's most and least diverse countries. Before we dive into the data, a couple of caveats. Here's what the data show: • Anglo and Latin countries most tolerant. Home - Radiolab. Technology developed in Oregon used to let diners know who caught their fish and where. NEWPORT -- The lunch specials on this summer day at Local Ocean Seafoods come with an added bonus -- QR codes -- the symbols that tech savvy people know to scan with their smartphones for something extra.
In this case, that new technology connects them to an old-fashioned idea -- buying right from the provider. Or almost. It's called Fish Trax Marketplace and it's as good as meeting the fishermen who landed the catch. Scan the code and there's the captain. Click another tab and there's the vessel. Tap a third and you'll meet the dealer. "This is really to build a community, open up communication and foster sustainable practices," said John Lavrakas, president of Advanced Research Corp., the developer of the service. The idea grew out of a consortium of state and federal agencies that used global positioning systems to record the location of fish.
Fish Trax Marketplace works in a similar manner. "Right now fish are lumped together as a whole group," Krebs said. -- Lori Tobias. The History of Emotions Blog | Conversations about the history of feeling from www.qmul.ac.uk/emotions.